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Metal and Melancholy

Original title: Metaal en melancholie

“Peru is made of metal and melancholy”

1994 · 1 h 20 min
Directed by Heddy Honigmann · Netherlands · Contemporary European Art Cinema
DocumentaryDrama

Cast

Víctor Talledo Señor English Mercedes Aguilar Jorge Rodríguez Paz Mario de la Vega Carlos León

Credits

Written by: Peter Delpeut

Plot

Taxi drivers in Lima, many of them professionals who had to leave their jobs because of economic collapse, talk about their lives and the city, in a humane documentary.

Sinekatalog’s take

A warm, humane and funny documentary.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (254 votes)
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